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The XR Week Peek (2023.03.20): Meta to perform new layoffs, Google Glass to shut down, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I still feel a lot tired because of the jet lag and the little sleep I had in Austin, but this is pretty normal, and in one week or such this feeling should go away. Google is discontinuing Google Glass, even in its Enterprise Edition which found some fields of application in the B2B sector (e.g. I’m back in Italy!

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Google Releases AR Geospatial Creator for Unity

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Google has unveiled its Geospatial Creator for Unity platform, allowing developers to preview 3D assets via the Unity Editor. Viewing spatially-linked assets on a hyperrealistic 3D planet map, the toolkit powers ARCore and Photorealistic 3D Tiles via the Google Maps Platform, it said on its website.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.03.22): Quest to feature new parental control tools, Google acquires Raxium, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I’m back in Italy, but I have left a piece of my heart in Austin, where I had an unforgettable experience both on the personal and professional side at SXSW (you can read more about my experience here ). It was even featured on Google News. Image by Google). Google acquires micro-LED startup Raxium. Upload VR).

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Creating Immersive Learning Experiences

Tech Trends VR

Google harnesses the power of photos and street view to deliver simplified VR development for teachers and students. At its annual I/O Developer Conference in Mountain View, California Google announced the launch of Tour Creator , a new tool that easily allows anyone to create interactive content in Virtual Reality.

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A Look at the AWE Agenda for This Year

ARPost

The talk is going to focus on the collection of biometric data from XR hardware and how companies, policymakers, and others can work together for the responsible collection and use of this material. Of course, companies don’t need to have a keynote to say something interesting. Niantic (and 8th Wall ). Autodesk Inc. Magic Leap.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

AMD has acquired Austin, TX-based wireless chip maker Nitero — their IP as well as their team. OMNIDIRECTIONAL TREADMILL VIRTUIX IS NOW AN OFFICIAL HARDWARE PARTNER OF HTC VIVE. IS GOOGLE WORKING ON A VR MUSIC APP? Their recent partnership with Snapchat lets you Shazam song from your friends’ snaps, and Snap, Inc.

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GamesBeat Summit Conversations On The Metaverse, AR’s Future, and Hollywood Envy

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

They represented applications, user interface, and hardware perspectives on AR. I asked them if it was hard to create AR today — with bulky hardware and flawed software — when they have such visions of the perfect state of AR or VR in their minds. Sometimes the hardware is a limitation.

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